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VAIA accelerates the adoption of AI in Flemish companies and organisations by gathering and redistributing a broad and relevant range of AI training courses for professionals in Flanders.

We help training organisations tailor their courses to meet current and future AI needs, by providing insights into the AI training requirements of different professional sectors and connecting them with AI expertise from academia and industry.

As a bridge-builder, we facilitate the smooth exchange of AI knowledge between academics and businesses. In this way, we promote lifelong learning in Flanders and make AI knowledge accessible for everyone.

Domain/sector

  • Across all disciplines (AI in general)

Related partners

Permanent courses

Automated detection of political trends and vaccine skepticism from social media text

VAIA Presents Pieter Fivez (UAntwerp) - webinar - VAIA

How design thinking and map sets improve AI products and services

VAIA Presents Laurens Vreekamp (author of 'The Art of AI') - webinar - VAIA

A Mixed Blessing: Big Data and AI for Migration

VAIA Presents Tuba Bircan (VUB) - Webinar - VAIA

Scheduled courses

Building Trustworthy AI in Healthcare

8 December 2026

study day on the state of the art in Flemish research - Gent - Flanders AI Research, VAIA, UZ Antwerpen

Robots on the Factory Floor: What works today, what comes next?

16 December 2026

study day on the state of the art in Flemish research - Gent - Flanders AI Research, VAIA, Volvo Car Gent

Past courses

Flanders AI Forum 2024

20 October 2026

event - Ghent - VLAIO, Agoria, Voka, Department of Economy, Science & Innovation, imec, Flanders AI Research Program

Trusted partner

RetAIl – AI praktisch gebruiken in jouw winkel

28 September 2026 - 2 December 2026

set van opleidingen - Vlaanderen - UNIZO, NXTGN, VAIA, met de steun van VLAIO

Trusted partner

Leer hoe je AI implementeert in jouw voedingsbedrijf

9 June 2026 - 9 June 2026

opleidingsreeks - Vlaanderen - Amelior, NXTGN, UMANIQ, VAIA, FSA - met de steun van VLAIO

AI inspiration sessions: how does higher education use (generative) AI?

25 September 2025 - 29 May 2026

webinars - online - VLIR, VAIA & Flemish Universities

Prompt Think Defend. Data and AI for PhD Students

15 January 2026 - 15 January 2026

learning trajectory - VAIA and Flemish universities

The basics of GenAI: theory and practice

14 October 2025

lecture and workshop - Antwerp - VAIA, UAntwerp, TEXTUA

AI as a creative partner for science communication

8 December 2025

Workshop - Hasselt - UHasselt, ERLNMYR, VAIA

GenAI for research

27 October 2025

workshop - Hasselt - UHasselt, TEXTUA, VAIA

AI for science communication

9 December 2025

Workshop - Gent - ERLNMYR, UGent, VAIA

Blog posts

Seeing is believing: data visualization is key for successful AI implementation

Data may be the new gold, but what do you do with all those insights? A good dashboard, a punchy graph or a great story are essential to ensure that people actually understand, use and follow data insights.

ChatGPT's revolutionary insight in language unlocks multitude of new applications

Beyond fun: the in-depth language knowledge of the new chatbot generation allows computers to deepen their collaboration with humans.

Middle finger problem, about the value of human colleagues in a world with AI

VAIA also got to work with DALL-E and discovered its pros and cons in practice.

Tine Goovaerts Goovaerts

Tine Goovaerts

VAIA UGent liaison & Project Leader

Isabelle Borremans Borremans

Isabelle Borremans

Not an AI expert! Communication about AI courses at VAIA

Femke De Backere De Backere

Femke De Backere

Project lead bij VAIA en associate professor in software engineering bij UGent. Specialisaties: eHealth & personalisering

Bart De Moor De Moor

Bart De Moor

Voorzitter VAIA (Vlaamse AI Academie), Co-auteur van het Vlaamse Beleidplan Artificiële Intelligentie, Gewoon hoogleraar - KU Leuven

Lisa Hilte Hilte

Lisa Hilte

University of Antwerp, VAIA, freelancer